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Definitions

horse-trade

VERB
deal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
handle negotiate sell trade
STRONG
bargain barter bicker dicker stock swap traffic treat
WEAK
buy and sell hammer out deal knock down price work out deal
Antonyms
STRONG
agree
WEAK
deny hold keep refuse
VERB
exchange
Synonyms
STRONGEST
swap
STRONG
alternate bandy bargain barter castle change commute correspond displace flip-flop interchange invert market network rearrange reciprocate replace reverse revise seesaw shift shuffle shuttle substitute switch traffic transact transfer transpose truck
WEAK
buy and sell cash in change hands contact with convert into deal in give and take go over to hook up link up pass to pay back return the compliment swap horses turn the tables
Antonyms
STRONG
continue deny hold keep leave alone refuse remain
VERB
haggle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bargain barter dicker quibble squabble wrangle
STRONG
argue cavil chaffer deal dispute palter
WEAK
beat down hammer out a deal make a deal
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agree concur
WEAK
comply
VERB
negotiate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agree arrange confer consult debate haggle handle mediate settle work out
STRONG
accommodate adjudicate adjust arbitrate compose concert conciliate connect contract covenant deal dicker intercede manage moderate network parley referee stipulate swap transact treat umpire
WEAK
bring to terms bury the hatchet come across with cut a deal hammer out a deal make a deal make peace make terms step in work out a deal
Antonyms
STRONGEST
confuse contend disagree mix up
STRONG
deny disarrange ignore keep refuse unsuit upset
WEAK
remain stay
VERB
traffic
Synonyms
STRONG
bargain barter bootleg contact deal dicker exchange fence handle interact interface market moonshine negotiate network peddle push relate shove swap touch trade truck
WEAK
black market connect with deal in have dealings have transaction make a deal reach out touch base work out
Antonyms
STRONG
buy conceal hide hold keep pull

Example Sentences

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Illustrating the horse-trade underway, a board presentation mentioned that $260 million will “be reimbursed to Sound Transit” as credits for transit to use state right of way, and for fish passage improvements.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2022

All were Democratic presidents who knew how to wheedle, bargain, glad-hand, joke, rib and horse-trade.

From US News • Aug. 8, 2016

“At the start of the year, they had all sorts of ideas about how to horse-trade and think big,” said Jim Manley, a former senior aide to the Senate minority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2015

He could wear you down with logic and argument, he could horse-trade and he could flatter.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2014

Sturbridge fair was at this period reckoned the largest in Europe, the chief articles of merchandise being wool, hops and leather; and the Newmarket races and horse-trade were already famous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various